• antonim@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Eh, both are proper spelling, I don’t think any Russian manual said it’s mandatory. The ë is used mainly in dictionaries, Russian schoolbooks, etc. where ambiguity should be minimal.

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      56 minutes ago

      It’s also used by people who respect the language and don’t want to see it gradually turn into a shitshow like English where it’s spelled ‘Manchester’, pronounced ‘Liverpool’.

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      4 hours ago

      Fair enough. I tend to use it because it just reduces scanning ambiguity when reading text quickly.